Viking Lars | Saturday, 10 August 2024
I’m beginning to enjoy more and more the classic wet fly fishing techniques again. They were my experiences in fly fishing and it was how I first enjoyed some success. When I was a kid I knew the two small streams I fished well. I fished small Mepps spinners on a cheap glass rod from a local supermarket. Solid glass, that is. It couldn’t break. I was quite envious with my friend, because his rod was longer.
Once I learned to fish flies deep, I started catching trout in the same deep holes, where the spinner previously was my only way of hooking a trout. The Mickey Finn, technically not a wet fly, but a streamer, I believe was the first fly I had success with.
There’s a fly I written about on probably more than once occasion. Koch’s Ghost (Koch is a name and has nothing to do with what you dirty lot all think) is a favourite for coloured water and bright weather. Really an excellent fly. Michael, my good friend with the surname (name, I remind you), Koch, is getting ready for a two week trout and grayling expedition expedition. He asked if I had time to tie him some Koch’s Ghost in small wet fly versions. That I had never thought of, despite numerous versions of the fly.
Wet fly hooks out of the box, silver tinsel, orange hackles and white hair and a strand of flash. Easy peasy and it looks deadly. I’ve put some in my own box as well and I look forward to sinking one deep into a deep bend and see what happens. Sometimes I think I’m the only person left in Denmark who once in a while fishes traditional down stream wet fly techniques.
Have a great weekend!
Live from the tent,
Lars
PoD: Please excuse the horrendous image quality, it’s straight from the phone, heavily zoomed in and poorly lit. And the white balance is on holiday on the Moon. Koch’s Ghostin all it’s simple glory. Here a size 8.